Michigan corrections officer sentenced to federal prison for child porn

EATON COUNTY, Mich. – A former corrections officer in Eaton County has been sentenced to federal prison for the distribution of child pornography.

According to authorities, Ethan Eversman convinced a 15-year-old in New York to create and send him multiple sexually explicit videos. Eversman shared two of those videos with another person online.

He was working as a corrections officer at the time. He was fired before he was officially charged.

It’s alleged he convinced the child to send the explicit content to him from 2021 to 2024.

WILX News 10 reported that he solicited the explicit content from the girl starting when she was 13 years old.

Eversman was sentenced to 210 months -- more than 17 years -- for the distribution of child pornography.